Hair curler



J. GOLDSMITH, JR.

HAIR CUHLER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1922.

1,42%,897. Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

INVENTOR .v BY w ATTOREEY 2% eras JOSEPH GOLDSMITH, JB., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIR, CURLER.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Aug, 8, 1922.

Application filed. February 11, 1922. Serial No. 535,691.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GoLnsMI'ri-r, J11, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hair Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in hair curlers, the object of which is to provide a simple and efficient device which is very effective in operation.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device for curling, crimping and waving the hair which will most effectively hold the hair placed in it so that when'removed the hair is most effectively formed in waves in a very desirable manner.

With these and other objects which may hereinafter appear in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed. out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hair curler made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line 22 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the de vice showing the manner in which it appears when in use.

Throughout the various views of the drawing similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as disclosed in the accompanying drawing I have shown the device made from a single piece of wire preferably of aluminum which is smooth and yet of such material that it will grip the hair firmly.

The frame of the hair curler is preferably made from a single piece of this material which is cut to suitable length and bent as shown, having a pair of side members extending gradually towards one another, said members being indicated at 1 and 2 and provided at the end where they are situated furthest apart with an inwardly bent portion 3 adapted to form a recess 4:.

At the opposite end where the arms come together, they are twisted upon one another as at 5 and then extend outwardly from one another as at 6 to form a recess 7, The ex= treme ends of the members 1 and 2 are thence inwardly bent as at 8 to form portions which overlie and tend to partially close the recess 7.

At 9 is shown an elasticband which is held within the recess 7. The portion 6 of the side members 1 and 2 may be slightly sprung away from one another and this resiliency combined with the resiliency of the elastic band 9 permits the band 9 to be readily placed in position in the recess 7 and held therein by the overlying portions 8. Then in use, the device appears as shown in Figure 3 wherein it will be seen that the strand of hair 10 to be curled is spirally wound upon the frame and the elastic band is then stretched so that it clamps the spirally wound stranddown on the frame; In its stretched position'the band extends from the two recesses 4: and 7 and lies therein holding the spiral strand in place as shown.

It will be seen that the elastic band 9 may be removed from the recess 7 when desired to re lace it in case of breakage. From the foregoing it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

l/Vhat I claim is 1. An article of the class described comprising an elongated wire frame having one of its ends inwardly bent to form an openended loop or recess, said frame at its other end having its two side members twisted upon one another and terminating in a recess and means within said last-mentioned recess for releasably retaining an elastic band therein.

2. An article of the class described comprising an elongated wire frame having a pair of side members, said side members be ing connected together at one end and in wardly bent to form a loop, said side members being twisted upon one another at their opposite end and then spread apart to form an elastic-retaining recess, an elastic band retained in said recess, with the ends of the arms inwardly bent towards the recess and overlying the band to retain the same in said recess.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 10th day of February, 1922.

JOSEPH GOLDSMITH, JR. 

